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Vol. 33. Issue 3.
Pages 195-204 (May - June 2023)
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Vol. 33. Issue 3.
Pages 195-204 (May - June 2023)
Original Article
Attitudes and counselling of healthcare professionals on increasing breast milk: cross-sectional study
Actitudes y asesoramiento de los profesionales de la salud sobre el aumento de la leche materna: estudio transversal
Mine Gökduman-Keleşa,
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minegkdmn@hotmail.com

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, Nevin Akdolun-Balkayab, Eylem Tokerc
a Pazarcik District Health Directorate, Turkey
b Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic Nursing, Muğla, Turkey
c Tarsus University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Midwifery, Tarsus/Mersin, Turkey
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Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of healthcare professionals, their status of using breast milk-increasing practices to increase their milk supply, and their recommendations to women with the perceptions of insufficient milk (n=301).
Table 2. Distribution of some variables affecting the breast milk-increasing practices of healthcare professionals.
Table 3. Recommendations of healthcare professionals with and without their own breast milk-increasing regarding food/beverage consumption to other mothers.
Table 4. Investigation of the factors affecting the healthcare professionals' advice to their counselee to increase breast milk with multiple logistic regression analysis (n=223).
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Abstract
Objective

To determine the breast milk-increasing practices healthcare professionals used with their children and their recommendations to mothers.

Method

A descriptive cross-sectional study in a Mediterranean region of Turkey. It was carried out with 301 healthcare professionals working in 64 Family Health Centers between January and June 2018. The data were collected by the researchers with a questionnaire including 28 questions.

Results

The mean age of healthcare professionals was 36.89±8.5. All the healthcare professionals encountered mothers with the perception of insufficient breast milk. 73.7% of those with children had breast milk-increasing practices. Increased age negatively affected these practices (OR: 0.923), and increased education positively affected the practices (OR: 3.489). Having received training on breastfeeding and breast milk-increasing measures positively affected the use of practices (OR: 2.118). The use of breast milk-increasing practices by healthcare professionals positively affected their recommendations to mothers (OR: 2.506).

Conclusions

Health professionals had their own breast milk boosting practices that they recommended to women as well. This result is especially significant in terms of guiding mothers who wish to increase breast milk supply and seek reliable information and contributes to the protection of maternal and newborn health.

Keywords:
Health personnel
Milk, human
Breast feeding
Galactogogues
Attitude of health personnel
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Objetivo

Determinar las prácticas para el aumento de la leche materna utilizadas por los profesionales de la salud con sus hijos y sus recomendaciones a las madres.

Método

Estudio transversal descriptivo realizado en una región mediterránea de Turquía. Fue llevado a cabo con 301 profesionales de la salud que trabajan en 64 Centros de Salud Familiares entre enero y junio de 2018. Los datos fueron recogidos por los investigadores mediante un cuestionario de 28 preguntas.

Resultados

La edad media de los profesionales sanitarios fue de 36,89±8,5 años. Todos los profesionales de la salud se encontraron con madres con la percepción de leche materna insuficiente. El 73,7% de las que tenían hijos realizaban prácticas de aumento de leche materna. El aumento de la edad afectó negativamente a estas prácticas (OR: 0,923), y el aumento de la educación afectó positivamente las prácticas (OR: 3,489). Haber recibido capacitación sobre lactancia materna y medidas de aumento de leche materna influyó positivamente en el uso de las prácticas (OR: 2.118). El uso de prácticas de aumento de leche materna por parte de los profesionales de la salud afectó positivamente sus recomendaciones a las madres (OR: 2.506).

Conclusiones

Los profesionales de la salud tenían sus propias prácticas de aumento de la leche materna que también recomendaban a las mujeres. Este resultado es especialmente significativo en términos de orientar a las madres que desean aumentar la producción de leche materna y buscar información fiable que contribuya a la protección de la salud materna y del recién nacido.

Palabras clave:
Personal de salud
Leche humana
Lactancia materna
Galactogogos
Actitud del personal de salud

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